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Greater Manchester Police Tweet About Drug Dealers Goes Viral

Police Force Offers To 'Have A Word' With Drug Dealers In Tweet
Sarah Ann Harris
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GMP Urmston offered to 'have a word' with any drug dealers who had 'annoyed' their customers
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A local police force has become an unlikely viral hit after it offered to “have a word” with drug dealers should any “annoyed” customers be willing to provide their names.

Greater Manchester Police’s Urmston branch posted the somewhat light-hearted tweeted on Monday evening and it has since been retweeted almost 3,000 times.

They said: “Annoyed with your drug dealer? Tell us who it is and we'll have a word with them for you.”

Many users were tickled by the tweet:

Some also began suggesting some potential arrests:

Meanwhile some didn’t quite seem to have understood the tongue-in-cheek nature of tweet…

The Most Used Drugs In 2014 (According To The Global Drug Survey)
10. Magic Mushrooms (10.6 %)(01 of10)
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Mushrooms for sale are displayed in the smartshop Innerspace in Amsterdam 18 October 2007. (MAARTJE BLIJDENSTEIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
9. Amphetamines (11.7 %)(02 of10)
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A variety of crystal meth equipment that were confiscated as part of Operation Slab at the North Shore Policing Centre on August 19, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
8. Electronic Cigarettes (12.3 %)(03 of10)
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In this photo illustration a woman holds an e-cigarette on April 2, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
7. Cocaine (16.4 %)(04 of10)
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In this Jan. 26, 2014 photo, a bag of cocaine that was found in the baggage of Liz Rabines, from Spain, sits on a scale at the anti-narcotics police station inside the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) (credit:AP)
6. Shisha Tobacco (18.5 %)(05 of10)
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An Egyptian man smokes a water pipe, known locally as Shisha, in central Cairo on December 15, 2012. (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
5. MDMA (23.4 %)(06 of10)
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A mock 'ecstasy' lab for teaching purposes at the new National Clandestine Laboratory Training and Research Facility December 5, 2008 at the DEA Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
4. Caffeinated Energy Drinks (45.9 %)(07 of10)
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In this photo taken Wednesday Sept. 28, 2011, a student's can of Red Bull energy drink is seen on a table at the student union building at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer) (credit:AP)
3. Cannabis (48.2 %)(08 of10)
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This Feb. 1, 2011 file photo shows medical marijuana clone plants at a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) (credit:AP)
2. Tobacco (56.7 %)(09 of10)
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In front of the backdrop of the barn in which the burley will be stored, a group of farm workers makes their way across a tobacco field hoeing weeds out of the rows in the early morning Monday, July 11, 2011, near Sparta, Ky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) (credit:AP)
1. Alcohol (90.8 %)(10 of10)
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In this Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, bottles of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, line the shelves of a liquor outlet, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) (credit:AP)
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